Dusty Chalk

My biggest culprits are GPS, wireless, and screen, in that order. GPS (obviously, constantly downloading map bits); wireless -- even when there's no wireless connected, it's constantly taking inventory and trying to connect, so if I'm not at home or at work, I turn it off. Screen -- she's right, you basically mean you don't use your phone. If you turn on an audio app and then screenlock it, I bet it still uses up your battery life. But then again, I still have an original 1st gen Motorola Droid. I don't want to have to switch to a ceilinged plan, so until I have time to figure out how, I don't want to upgrade.

Happy Birthday! (party favor noise)

Damnit, I missed her.

Unholy carp, that's a lot bigger than I thought it was.

Ravyn's Knitting Dojo (on now, for another 90 minutes or so)

It depends on the facility, but most of the facilities that I've ever heard of won't let you take anything with wireless capability into the lab, unless it is defeatable. True story, albeit second-hand -- a certain person I know had to turn over their laptop to the security techs, so that they could take the internal wireless card out (obviously not the kind that's built into the motherboard). These days, that separation is a lot harder to find than you'd think.

Or we could hack the Oppo's OS... Is that more like it?

(geeks out)

Yeah, a couple of us encouraged him, showing our appreciation for not having to read the AVS forums posts.

Cute kitty & cute pics!

Yeah, I have the same problem (not the allergic to beer problem, the "background" allergy problem) -- I'm basically allergic to air. I 'man up' and 'muscle' through it. This beer ain't drinking itself.

Lollers -- I filtered on Cowbell...well, that didn't last long... But srsly...added, playing with now, thanks for sharing. I didn't even know Spotify had apps.

I had some fresh grated parmesan on my gourmet pizza earlier, does that count?

Well, as with any large purchase, you really need to hear it first, but yes, it's worth adding to the list of things to hear. I remember hearing Juan's only briefly, but the two words I came away with was warm but clear. Alright, that's three words. And yeah, understood -- that's a lot of money into that DAC if you aren't going to use it. But it is standard not to use it amongst the people that I've known to have heard it.

Happy Birthday! (party favor noise)

That would suck! Sympathies to you and Haj.

Shell Shocker -- meaning today only.

WTF?

Congrats! Or maybe he just felt so comfortable like he was at home.

Yeah, that's the normal album mix, which is what I expected.

Yeah, from memory, the Eartube was colored, a la AudioValve, hardly what I would call wire-with-gain. Grace m903?

So that's the optimum Optimum?

Parallels + Trend Micro antivirus for $30 on NewEgg today, for you mac users.

I resorted to foreignors, but even Carla Bruni is a 2. WTF? So I went for some semi-obscure British comedians and I still got 2's for everyone. So yeah, this is why I don't play video games -- because I suck at them. Yeah yeah, I know, I know, don't hate the player, hate the game. I do. Doesn't help. To be good at this game, all that's required is a good memory. I do not have one. Big deal, that's what the internet is for.

Yeah, I noticed that one, too. That's a must-get for me. How long is part one, 19:14 or 20:06?